CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr Bojan LIPOVŠĆAK

Vrapčanska putina 7, 10090 , Phone : +385 91 4565733 Mail: [email protected] web http://lipovscak.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

2015 - now Retired

2013 -2015 Hydrometeorological Institute Zagreb Croatia Senior Inspector / Advisor to GM

Responsible for development and introduction of X band radar data to DHMZ network, controlling the lightning detection network. Member of WMO Expert Team on Aircraft-Based Observing Systems (ET- ABO), AMDAR expert team dealing with airborne observations. Representative of Croatia at EUMETSAT AFG, PAC, DFG and member of delegation at EUMETSAT Council. Representative of Croatia at EUMETNET Opera. Lecturer EUMETNET Eumetcal radar working group.

2008-2013 Hydrometeorological Institute Zagreb CRO CIO Assistant director responsible for IT and infrastructure. 30% of my working time dealing with international affairs – Eumetsat, OPERA, Eumetcal Radar working group. Representative of Croatia at EUMETSAT AFG, PAC, DFG and member of delegation at EUMETSAT Council. Member of WMO AMDAR expert team dealing with airborne observations. Focal point for Meteorological and Hydrological Service modernization project in the Republic of Croatia. Focal point for EUMETSAT Dawbee meteorological satellite receiving station installation in Montenegro and Albania. Focal point for e-winprof, e-amdar and meteorological radar measurements in DHMZ.

2005 - 2008 Hydrometeorological Institute Zagreb CRO ADVISOR to GM Working as advisor to GM in field of European integrations, dealing with meteorological weather radar data and data application in operational meteorological and hydrological work. 2002 - 2005 Computer Associates Vienna, AUT Customer relationship manager § Regional Customer relationship manager covering the territory of Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia and Crna Gora, Bulgaria and Romania. In region of Croatia and Slovenia dealing with big customers – governmental organisations and banks, on the rest of the territory mainly with partners.

1999 - 2002 Computer Associates Vienna, AUT Sales Executive § Regional sales manager for Computer Associates, US based Software Company, office in Vienna covering the territory of Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania. Introduced the operations in Macedonia with strong connection to local partners. In region of Croatia and Slovenia dealing with big customers – governmental organisations and banks.

Platinum technology Zagreb, CRO 1995 - 1999 Managing director § Leading the office in Croatia of Platinum technology, US based software producing company.

1987 - 1995 GZAOP Zagreb Zagreb, CRO Deputy director IT § in the largest Croatian computer centre - GZAOP - Computer centre of city of Zagreb acting as managing director responsible for GIS (geo info system) (1987-91), leader of the R&D department. Project leader : Geographical Information System of City of Zagreb.

1986 - 1987 UNIVERSAD’87 Zagreb’ CRO managing director ET department § Member of the UNIVERSAD'87 team, acting as managing director - electronic technology department responsible for results, timing and scoreboard systems.

1984 - 1986 Hydrometeorological Institute Zagreb; CRO Head of - weather modification and radar meteorology department § Working as head in the Centre for hail suppression of the Hydrometeorologycal Institute of Croatia dealing with development, radar meteorology and methodology of weather modification. § Author or co-author of many scientific papers. 1983 – 1984 INTERACT project - CMC Ltd. Hyderabad; India UNDP team member Member of the INTERACT project team, under sponsorship of the UNDP, UNFSST and the government of India in Secunderabad (India). The goal of the project was development of the programs for the monitoring of weather systems and early recognition of development of dangerous meteorological phenomenon's based on remote sensing. Developed programs for automatic recognition and classification of clouds based on NOAA satellite data.

1980 - 1983 Hydro meteorological Institute Zagreb; CRO Head of weather modification department § Centre for hail suppression and weather modification. Dealing with development of radar meteorology and methodology of weather modification.

1974 - 1980 Hydro meteorological Institute Zagreb; CRO weather forecaster § First post at Republic Hydro meteorological Institute of Croatia in the weather prediction department. I worked on weather forecasting and numerical modelling. . Other - Member of the Executive committee of the “Council for remote sensing” of the experience Croatian Academy of Science and Art. Editor in chief of HAZU publication Bilten savjeta za daljinsko istraživanje i fotointerpretaciju. No 11.deputy editor for Bilten No 12., 13..

Chief editor Hrvatski meteorološki časopis, Croatian meteorological Journal 2017 - 2019.

Member of EUMETSAT Eumetcal Radar Working group – education team, lecturing Radar and Frontal systems. Experience with distance learning methods and programs.

Member of the organizing bodies of several sport events: figure skating, show jumping, athletics, Olympic games, University games § From 1969 – 1998 member of organizing committee of the competition Golden Spin of Zagreb responsible for music reproduction, bulletins. § 1982 -1984 member of the Organizing committee of Winter Olympics 84 Sarajevo acting as Competition director for figure skating event - nominated by Skating association of Yugoslavia. § 1987 University’87 games Zagreb – time keeping and scoreboard system managing director. § 1988 World junior athletics Varazdin - responsible for time keeping and scoreboard system. § 1997 Nagano Winter Olympics member of ORIS team, figure skating event. § 1987 – 2004 member of organizing committees for Show jumping, athletics’, auto rally - responsible for timing and data processing. § 2008 head of the organising committee ISU European championship's in figure skating – Zagreb 2008.

Education 1986 Zagreb; CRO Ph.D. thesis; Automatic cloud classification based on numerical satellite data. 1974. University of Zagreb; CRO Master of science thesis; The comparison of several methods for calculation of pressure gradient force in the sigma coordinate system.

1968/1974 University of Zagreb, CRO Graduated at the Department of Geophysics and meteorology.

Language skills Croatian – Mother Tongue English – Business Fluent German – Business Fluent

Interests Figure skating, - ISU referee and judge in Figure skating

ISU (International Skating Union) disciplinary commission –elected member Awards WMO 2016 award for contribution and work in the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Commission for Basic Systems (CBS).

Paltinum technology 1999 Platinum technology – Presidents club member for the excellent results in selling Platinum products.

IETE For the paper "Automatic Cloud Classification" IETE Technical Review (June 1986) received "K.S. Krishnan Memorial Award - 1986".